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Enforce 2 branches per contributor (on create)

Enforce 2 branches per contributor (on create) #196

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Enforce 2 branches per contributor (on create)

Enforce 2 branches per contributor (on create) #196

Workflow file for this run

.github/workflows/limit-branches-on-create.yml at f74de3c
name: Enforce 2 branches per contributor (on create)
on:
create:
branches: ['**']
permissions:
contents: write
jobs:
enforce:
if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'branch' }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Enforce naming and 2-branch limit
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
const {owner, repo} = context.repo;
const refName = process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME; // e.g. musa/feature/shift-accept
const user = process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR; // branch creator
const pattern = new RegExp(`^${user}\\/(feature|fix|hotfix|release)\\/[-a-z0-9._]+$`);
// 1) Naming rule
if (!pattern.test(refName)) {
core.setFailed(`Branch '${refName}' must match: ${user}/(feature|fix|hotfix|release)/short-slug`);
return;
}
// 2) Count existing branches owned by this user (username-prefixed)
const res = await github.rest.git.listMatchingRefs({
owner, repo,
ref: `heads/${user}/`
});
const count = res.data.length;
core.info(`Existing branches for ${user}: ${count}`);
if (count > 2) {
// Delete the just-created branch to enforce the cap
await github.rest.git.deleteRef({
owner, repo,
ref: `heads/${refName}`
});
core.setFailed(`You already have ${count-1} active branches. Limit is 2. Deleted '${refName}'. Merge or delete old branches.`);
}